Re: long as path games?

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 07:19:14AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> At 10:23 PM 30-01-05 -0500, Jon Lewis wrote:
>
> > Someone at fido.net having some bgp config issues?
>
> Looks like someone probing for a buffer overflow on a world-wide basis.
>
> -Hank
>
>
> > Jan 30 18:34:51 EST: %BGP-6-ASPATH: Long AS path 6461 3356 6770 8282 8282
> > 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282
> > 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282
> > 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282
> > 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282
> > 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282
> > 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282 8282
> > received from ...

Router(config-router)#bgp maxas-limit ?
  <1-2000>  Number of ASes in the AS-PATH attribute

Router(config-router)#bgp maxas-limit 50

        Easy to fix/reject.

        - jared

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